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A Writer's Dictionary:

androgynous Definition


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androgynous
adj
    1. biol.
      Denoting an animal or plant that shows both male and female characteristics, especially one that possesses both male and female sex organs; hermaphrodite.
      Thesaurus: hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic, gynandrous, bisexual.
    2. Showing both male and female traits, eg a woman who resembles a man in outward appearance.
      Thesaurus: hermaphrodite, hermaphroditic, epicene.
Etymology: 17c: from Greek androgynos, from aner, andros a man + gyne woman.



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